JP2009046728A - Horizontal continuous induction-heating furnace for steel strip, and horizontal continuous heat-treatment method for steel strip using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a horizontal continuous induction-heating furnace for a steel strip, which includes an induction-heating device having a high-frequency and large output, and to provide a horizontal continuous heat-treatment method for a steel strip using the same. <P>SOLUTION: The horizontal continuous furnace having the induction-heating device has lifting functions installed under rolls for passing a steel plate, which are placed in front and at the back of an induction-heating coil having a longer region than the length of a needle bar that is used when passing the edge of the steel plate, and makes the steel plate avoid contacting with a furnace wall when the needle bar passes and the steel strip passes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a steel strip horizontal continuous induction heating furnace and a steel strip horizontal continuous heat treatment method using the same. In particular, the present invention relates to a horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for a steel strip having a furnace structure suitable for heat treatment of a steel sheet by high frequency, high power induction heating, and a horizontal continuous heat treatment method for a steel strip using the same.

  As a furnace structure of a horizontal furnace, Patent Document 1 discloses an example in which a steel sheet transport roll is disposed in the furnace, and the steel sheet is tension-controlled to pass through. Patent Document 2 describes an example of a method and an apparatus for passing a steel plate tip in a horizontal furnace. Patent Document 3 describes the relationship between the amount of atmospheric gas in a horizontal furnace and the space in the furnace.

  An example of a furnace wall structure of a horizontal continuous induction heating furnace of a steel strip having an induction heating device according to a conventional horizontal furnace is shown in FIG. 4 for a cross section parallel to the steel strip conveying direction and perpendicular to the steel strip surface.

  FIG. 4A shows a state in which the steel strip 1 that is an object to be heated is heat-treated. The horizontal furnace includes a gas heating furnace 2, a solenoid induction heating device 3, and an electric heating / soaking furnace 4, and the steel strip 1 is transported by a steel strip transporting roll 5 (no lifting function). Thus, the steel strip 1 is transported from the upstream to the downstream while forming a catenary with the steel strip transport roll 5 as a fulcrum.

  An enlarged view of the solenoid induction heating device 3 is shown in FIG. The solenoid-type induction heating device 3 includes an atmosphere gas seal shell 12 that blocks the ambient atmosphere of the steel plate 1 from the ambient atmosphere of the induction heating coil, and an insulating heat insulating material that reduces the influence of the ambient temperature around the steel plate 1 on the atmosphere gas seal shell 12. 13. It is comprised by the induction heating coil 11 which heats a to-be-heated material.

  Note that the steel strip transporting roll (without lifting / lowering function) 5 for transporting the steel strip 1 is generally made of a conductive material, and when installed in an induction heating furnace, it is heated by eddy current due to magnetic induction. Therefore, it cannot be installed inside the induction heating furnace 3, and is installed before and after the solenoid induction heating device 3.

Insulating from the pass line (upper end of the steel strip support roll) from the lower furnace height {β ₀ : pass line (upper end of the steel strip support roll) from the pass line of the steel strip 1 of the solenoid type induction heating device 3 (line connecting the upper end of the support roll of the steel strip 1) The inner end of the insulating heat insulating material 13 inside the furnace is determined by the sum of the amount of catenary due to the weight of the steel strip 1 and the margin for preventing contact between the steel plate and the insulating heat insulating material.

  On the other hand, the initial passing plate (hereinafter referred to as needling) of the steel strip 1 is a horizontal furnace (particularly a large furnace), and the cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the plate passing direction of the steel sheet is I type or □ ( In general, the steel strip 1 is connected to a needling bar 7 of a hollow rectangular shape.

  In general, the total length of the needle bar 7 is more than about three times the interval between the steel strip transport rolls 5 in order to obtain plate-passing stability that does not cause dropping or catching from the steel strip transport rolls.

  FIG. 4B shows an example during needling of the steel strip 1.

  Needling is performed by transporting the needle bar 7 from the upstream side to the downstream side using the steel strip transport roll 5 and pulling the steel strip 1 connected to the needle bar 7.

The height of the furnace inside {γ ₀ : pass line (the upper end of the steel strip support roll) from the pass line of the steel strip of the induction heating device (the line connecting the upper ends of the steel strip 1 support roll) The height to the inner end of the furnace is determined by the sum of the height of the needle bar and a margin for preventing contact between the needle bar and the insulating heat insulating material.

  Note that the space necessary for promoting the reaction generation of the steel strip 1 is generally small and is included in the allowance for preventing contact.

JP 09-324221 A JP 2000-290731 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-92632

  However, in any of the inventions described in Patent Documents 1 to 3, the horizontal heating device is a normal gas heating system or an electric heating system. In any of Patent Documents 1 to 3, heating by an induction heating coil is used. There is no description of a device including.

  Patent Document 1 describes a low-tension threading plate for a steel plate in a furnace, and although it is assumed that catenary is generated by the steel plate support by the transport roll, it does not describe the space in the apparatus. . Patent Document 2 describes a method and equipment for needling, but does not describe a space in the furnace.

  Furthermore, in Patent Document 3, there is a description regarding the relationship between the amount of atmospheric gas and the space in the furnace regarding the reaction between the steel sheet in the furnace and the atmospheric gas, and the steel plate and the upper inner wall surface, or the lower inner wall surface. Regarding the distance, it is described that the larger one is 400 mm or less.

  In a horizontal heating device that does not include an induction heating device, the size of the space in the device is the gas heating method, the arrangement of the burner in the case of a direct fire device, the arrangement of the radiant tube in the case of a radiant tube heating device, and the electric heating method. Further, the arrangement of the heater tube and the heater element, the arrangement of the roll for conveying the steel plate, and the correspondence to these maintainability are determined.

  Even in Patent Document 3 that describes the internal space of the apparatus, the numerical value is not so small, and no strict examination has been performed on the internal space of the apparatus until now.

The spatial distance α ₀ above and below the coil of the solenoid type induction heating device 3 is (β ₀ + γ ₀ ): the thickness of the insulating heat insulating material, the thickness of the atmosphere gas seal shell, the induction heating coil 11 and the atmosphere gas seal shell 12 It will be the sum of the distances.

In the induction heating device, the central magnetic field _HΦ when the current I flows through the rectangular circuit 2a (height) × 2b (width) is
^{_{H Φ = I√ (a 2 +}} b 2) / (πab)
However, I is given by a coil current. In general, in an induction heating device for a horizontal steel strip, since b >> a,
_HΦ≈I / (a)
It becomes.

  That is, if the opening height (vertical direction) of the induction heating device is large, the necessary current value of the induction heating coil becomes large.

In a furnace having an induction heating device according to the conventional method, the space in the furnace (β ₀ + γ ₀ ) is not small, and the space distance α ₀ above and below the coil of the induction heating device is large, resulting in high frequency, and In the case of a large-capacity output, the induction heating coil current required for heating the steel sheet becomes very large, and the potential of the coil with respect to the steel sheet becomes high, which is difficult to realize.

In particular, when the atmosphere around the steel plate is in a high-temperature atmosphere containing H ₂ , the thickness of the insulating heat insulating material is increased, and furthermore, an atmosphere gas seal shell is required. The induction heating coil current required to do this increases and the coil potential with respect to the steel plate is high, which is virtually impossible to achieve.

  Needling is generally performed at a high temperature from the viewpoint of improving the operating rate of the furnace, and as a result, the height of the needle bar is sufficient to ensure rigidity in order to suppress deformation (sagging) at high temperatures. It is not small from the viewpoint. Therefore, in a large furnace, it reaches 50-150 mm.

  In addition, the steel strip transport roll cannot be installed inside the solenoid type induction heating device, so the interval between the steel strip transport rolls must be longer than that of the solenoid type induction heating device. The required stiffness is further increased, the height is increased, the induction heating coil current required to heat the steel sheet is increased, and the coil potential with respect to the steel sheet is also increased, which cannot be realized. Is possible.

  Accordingly, the present invention advantageously solves the above-described problems, and in a horizontal furnace including an induction heating apparatus having a high frequency and a large output, can perform stable induction heating, and a horizontal continuous induction heating furnace of a steel strip And it aims at providing the horizontal continuous heat processing method of the steel strip using the same.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have conducted research on the furnace structure necessary for a horizontal furnace having a high-frequency and high-power induction heating apparatus for heating an object to be heated. When determining the opening height (vertical direction) of the heating device,
(A) The steel plate that is the object to be heated and the furnace wall are not in contact with each other;
(B) When there is a product accompanying the temperature rise from the object to be heated, the amount of atmosphere necessary to promote the generation is maintained, and
(C) It was clarified that the needle bar used when leading the object to be heated into the furnace does not contact the furnace wall.

  Said (a) is prescribed | regulated by the amount of catenaries by the gravity of the to-be-heated material in an induction heating furnace, and this changes also with the unit tension of a to-be-heated part. However, in general, the upper limit of the necessary unit tension in the furnace is limited by quality (characteristics, magnetism in the electromagnetic steel sheet), and the unit tension cannot be increased in order to reduce the amount of catenary.

  The inventors (a) is an amount necessary during the heat treatment of the material to be heated, and (c) is an amount necessary for the initial passage of the material to be heated in the furnace (necessary during the heat treatment). The amount of the above (b) is smaller than the amount of (a).

  As a result of further detailed investigation of these functions, the present inventors determined the pass line position in the needling bar passing plate during the heat treatment of the heated object and in the initial passing plate of the heated material in the furnace. It was found that the above-mentioned problems can be solved by changing.

  The present invention has been made for the first time after further studies based on the above findings, and the gist thereof is as follows.

  (1) A horizontal continuous induction heating furnace that heats a steel strip, which is a material to be heated, with a solenoid-type induction heating device while continuously transporting the steel strip with a roll for transporting the steel strip. A lifting function is provided to the steel sheet passing plate roll before and after the solenoid induction heating device in a region longer than the length of the needle bar to be used. When the needle bar is passed, the needle bar and the upper portion of the solenoid induction heating device are provided. A steel strip horizontal continuous induction heating furnace characterized in that it avoids contact with the inner wall surface and avoids contact between the steel strip and the lower inner wall surface when passing through the steel strip.

  (2) The horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for a steel strip according to (1), wherein a distance from an upper inner wall surface to a lower inner wall surface, which is a furnace inner space of the solenoid type induction heating device, is 250 mm or less .

  (3) The gas heating zone or the electric heating heating / soaking zone is disposed on the downstream side and / or the upstream side of the solenoid induction heating device (1) or (2) A horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for steel strips as described in 1).

  (4) The horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for steel strips according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein an oscillation frequency of the solenoid induction heating device is 10 kHz or more and an output is 100 kW or more.

  (5) The horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for steel strips according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein a potential of the solenoid induction heating device with respect to the steel plate is 5 kV or more.

  (6) A steel strip horizontal type characterized in that when the steel plate is heat-treated using the horizontal continuous induction heating furnace according to any one of (1) to (5), the atmospheric gas temperature is set to 750 ° C. or higher. Continuous heat treatment method.

  (7) The horizontal continuous heat treatment method for a steel strip according to (6), wherein the steel strip is a cold-rolled grain-oriented electrical steel sheet containing Si ≦ 4.5% by mass.

  (8) The horizontal continuous steel strip according to (6), wherein the steel strip is a cold-rolled ferritic stainless steel plate or martensitic stainless steel plate containing Cr ≦ 18% by mass. Heat treatment method.

  According to the present invention, the object to be heated is stably induction-heated by applying a relatively low voltage between the coil of the induction heating coil and the steel plate even in the case of a high frequency or a high heating capacity for the object to be heated. be able to. Therefore, the industrial effects of the present invention are immeasurable.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  An example of an embodiment of a steel strip horizontal continuous induction heating furnace including a solenoid induction heating device according to the present invention is shown in FIG. 1 for a cross section parallel to the steel strip conveying direction and perpendicular to the steel strip surface.

  FIG. 1 (a) shows a state where the steel strip 1 which is an object to be heated is heat-treated. The horizontal furnace is composed of a gas heating furnace 2, a solenoid induction heating device 3, and an electric heating / soaking furnace 4, and the steel strip 1 includes a steel strip transport roll (without lifting function) 5 and a steel strip transport roll. (Elevating function is provided) 6.

  In addition, the steel strip conveyance roll (with a lifting / lowering function) 6 is installed in an area where the needle bar can be supported before and after the induction heating furnace. Moreover, the height position of the roll for steel strip conveyance (with a raising / lowering function) is located in an upper limit position during heat processing.

  Thus, the steel strip 1 is transported from the upstream to the downstream while forming a catenary with the steel strip transport roll as a fulcrum.

  An enlarged view of the solenoid induction heating device 3 is shown in FIG.

  The solenoid type induction heating device 3 includes an atmosphere gas seal shell 12 that blocks the ambient atmosphere of the steel plate 1 from the atmosphere around the induction heating coil, and an insulating heat insulating material that reduces the influence of the ambient temperature around the steel plate 1 on the atmosphere gas seal shell 12. 13. It is comprised by the induction heating coil 11 which heats a to-be-heated material.

  The steel strip transport roll (with lifting function) 6 for transporting the steel strip 1 is generally made of a conductive material, and when installed in the solenoid induction heating device 3, it is caused by eddy current caused by magnetic induction. Since it is heated, it cannot be installed inside the solenoid induction heating device 3, and is installed before and after the solenoid induction heating device 3.

From the pass line (line connecting the upper end of the support roll of the steel strip 1) of the induction heating device to the lower furnace height {β ₀ : from the pass line (upper end of the steel strip support roll) The height to the inner end of the furnace is determined by the sum of the amount of catenary due to the weight of the steel strip 1 and the allowance for preventing contact between the steel plate and the insulating heat insulating material.

  An example of the needling of the steel strip 1 is shown in FIG. Needling is performed by transporting the needle bar 7 from the upstream side to the downstream side using the steel strip transport rolls 5 and 6 and pulling the steel strip 1 connected to the needle bar 7.

  The overall length of the needle bar 7 is generally more than about three times the interval between the steel strip transport rolls 5 and 6 in order to obtain the stability of the plate passing through the steel strip transport roll without being dropped or caught. .

  Hereinafter, the needling method will be sequentially described based on FIGS. 1 (b-1) to (b-4).

  1. The steel strip transporting roll (with lifting function) 6 is raised to the upper limit position in the height direction and driven until the needle bar 7 connected to the steel strip 1 reaches immediately before the induction heating device 3. Then, the driving of the steel strip transporting roll 6 is temporarily stopped (see FIG. 1 (b-1)).

  2. The steel sheet transport roll (with lifting function) 6 is lowered to the lower limit position in the height direction. The needle bar is also lowered (see FIG. 1 (b-2)).

  3. The steel strip transport roll is driven again, and the needle bar 7 is transported until its tail end exits the outlet side (downstream side) of the induction heating device, and the driving is stopped (see FIG. 1 (b-3), see FIG. 1). ).

  4). Next, the steel strip transporting roll (with lifting function) 6 is raised to the upper limit position in the height direction. The needle bar is also raised (see FIG. 1 (b-4)). Then, it drives again and the front-end | tip plate in the solenoid type induction heating apparatus 3 of the steel plate 1 is completed.

  The height inside the furnace above the pass line (the line connecting the upper ends of the support rolls of the steel strip 1) during the heat treatment of the steel strip of the induction heating device is the height for the atmosphere circulation necessary for the reaction of the steel plate, and the steel plate And the margin for preventing contact of the insulating heat insulating material.

  In addition, the space required for reaction generation promotion of the steel strip 1 is generally small, and is substantially the same as the contact prevention margin.

The space distance α above and below the coil of the induction heating furnace is obtained by adding the thickness of the insulating heat insulating material, the thickness of the atmosphere gas seal shell, and the distance between the induction heating coil 11 and the atmosphere gas seal shell 12 to (β ₀ + γ). It will be a thing.

  In FIG. 3, the raising / lowering mechanism of the steel strip conveyance roll (with raising / lowering function) 6 in FIG. 1 is shown typically. The gas heating furnace 2 and the electric heating / soaking furnace 4 are basically the same configuration.

  The furnace is composed of a furnace shell 25 and a heat insulating material 24 from the outside, and a steel strip transport roll (with a lifting function) 6 is installed therein. The steel strip conveying roll (with lifting function) 6 is supported by bearings (not shown) supported by the lifting cylinder 21 on both sides of the furnace (perpendicular to the traveling direction of the steel sheet). Further, the steel strip carrying roll (with lifting function) 6 is coupled to the drive source 23 via the ball joint 22.

  Between the elevating cylinder 21 and the furnace shell 25 and the connecting shaft 26 to the drive source of the steel strip transport roll (with elevating function) 6 and the furnace shell 25 are covered with bellows (not shown). The steel strip transport roll (with a lifting function) 6 is moved up and down by moving the lifting cylinder up and down. In addition, the raising / lowering function of the steel strip conveyance roll (with raising / lowering function) 6 is not limited to the cylinder type, and may be an electric type.

Thus, according to the present invention, the space in the furnace becomes smaller by (γ ₀ −γ) than the furnace having the induction heating apparatus according to the conventional method, and the space distance above and below the coil of the induction heating furnace. Becomes smaller. As a result, the induction heating coil current required to heat the steel sheet is reduced and the coil potential relative to the steel sheet is lowered even at high frequency and with a large capacity output, and heating by the solenoid induction heating device is realized. Became possible.

In particular, when the atmosphere around the steel plate is a high-temperature atmosphere containing H ₂ , the thickness of the insulating heat insulating material is increased, and furthermore, an atmosphere gas seal shell is required. is important. The present invention makes it possible for the first time to realize heating by the solenoid induction heating device 3.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the horizontal continuous induction heating furnace of the steel strip according to the first aspect, an interval (upper inner wall surface to lower inner wall surface) of the inner space of the solenoid induction heating device is 250 mm or less. It is characterized by doing. If it exceeds 250 mm, the value of the current required to energize the coil becomes too large, and the potential of the induction heating coil with respect to the steel sheet becomes too high, making it difficult to put the equipment to practical use.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the horizontal continuous induction heating furnace of the steel strip according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gas heating zone or the electricity is provided upstream and / or downstream of the solenoid induction heating device 3. It is characterized by heating and soaking in the heat.

  If the heating zone or the heating / soaking zone does not exist before and after the solenoid induction heating device 3, the needling can be performed by a method other than the needling bar, and can be realized without necessarily using the present invention. Because there is.

  Invention of Claim 4 is the horizontal continuous induction heating furnace of the steel strip of any one of Claims 1-3. WHEREIN: The frequency with respect to the steel strip of the coil current energized to the induction heating coil is 10 kHz or more, and the output Is 100 kW or more.

  When the frequency of the coil current for energizing the induction heating coil is less than 10 kHz or the output is less than 100 kW, the potential of the induction heating coil with respect to the steel sheet does not increase, and the equipment can be put into practical use without using the present invention. This is because it is possible.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the horizontal continuous induction heating furnace of the steel strip according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, a potential of the coil current energized to the induction heating coil with respect to the steel strip is 5 kV or more. It is characterized by that.

  When the potential of the induction heating coil energizing the induction heating coil 11 with respect to the steel plate 1 is less than 5 kV, the conditions necessary for suppressing the discharge between the potential difference between the induction heating coil 11 and the steel strip 1 are relaxed. The effect of the present invention is particularly obtained when this potential is 5 kV or more.

  The invention according to claim 6 is a horizontal continuous heat treatment method for steel strip, in which the steel strip is heat treated using the horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for steel strip according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The inside of the gas seal shell is controlled to a high temperature atmosphere of 750 ° C. or higher.

In this case, it is preferable that the concentration of H ₂ in the atmosphere in the atmospheric gas sealing shell and H ₂ 1 vol% (dry gas basis) or higher. If the H ₂ concentration in the atmosphere around the steel strip 1 in the atmosphere gas seal shell is less than 1 vol% (in terms of dry gas), it becomes less than the safety standard from the explosion limit, and discharge between the steel strip and the induction heating coil Since the reduction of the effect for suppression is not large, the concentration of H ₂ is set to 1 vol% (in terms of dry gas) or more.

  When the ambient temperature around the steel plate 1 in the ambient gas seal shell is less than 750 ° C., the conditions necessary for suppressing discharge between the induction heating coil 2 and the steel strip 1 are relaxed. The effect of the present invention is particularly obtained when the atmospheric temperature is 750 ° C. or higher.

The ambient gas temperature is preferably 750 ° C. or higher from the viewpoint of ensuring safety from the explosion limit of H ₂ . However, in a heating furnace in which sufficient safety measures are taken so that no air or the like enters from the outside of the heating furnace on the entrance / exit side of the heating furnace, the atmosphere temperature does not need to be 750 ° C. or higher.

  The invention described in claim 7 is characterized in that the steel strip is a cold-rolled grain-oriented electrical steel sheet containing Si ≦ 4.5 mass%.

  Examples of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet containing Si ≦ 4.5% by mass, which is the subject of the present invention, are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2002-060842 and 2002-173715. Any component system such as a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet may be used, and the component system is not particularly limited in the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to advantageously avoid discharge-induced defects and to perform heat treatment such as decarburization annealing on the directional electromagnetic steel strip.

  The invention described in claim 8 is characterized in that the steel strip is a cold-rolled ferritic stainless steel plate or a martensitic stainless steel plate containing Cr ≦ 18% by mass.

  Examples of the ferritic stainless steel sheet containing Cr ≦ 18 mass% to be treated by the present invention include standard steel types such as SUS430 and SUS430J1L of JIS G 4305, JP 05-293595 A, and JP 06-002044 A. In the present invention, the component system is not particularly limited, as long as it is a component system such as a ferritic stainless steel sheet disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-118754.

  In addition, as the martensitic stainless steel plate containing Cr ≦ 18% by mass to be treated by the present invention, standard steel types such as SUS410 and SUS420J1 of JIS G 4305, JP-A-07-268561, Any component system such as the martensitic stainless steel sheet disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-199310 may be used, and the component system is not particularly limited in the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to advantageously avoid heat-induced defects and to perform heat treatment such as bright annealing of cold rolled sheets of ferritic stainless steel or martensitic stainless steel sheet.

  The steel strip to be treated by the present invention is limited to the cold rolled steel strip of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet exemplified here, the cold rolled steel strip of the ferritic stainless steel plate or the martensitic stainless steel plate. All are valid for steel strips with a Curie point.

Example 1
1 and 2 schematically show a furnace wall structure in an embodiment of a horizontal continuous induction heating furnace of a steel strip according to the present invention.

The atmosphere gas seal shell 12 between the steel strip 1 that is the object to be heated and the induction heating coil 11 is composed mainly of SiO ₂ : 65% by mass, Al ₂ O ₃ : 10% by mass, CaO: 15% by mass, and glass. The fiber is used as a woven fabric, impregnated with a solution containing polyimide, and the laminated product is molded by hot pressing, and the thickness is 10 mm. The distance between the outside of the atmosphere gas seal shell 12 and the inside of the induction heating coil 11 was 5 mm.

The insulating heat insulating material 13 is mainly composed of Al ₂ O ₃ : 70% by mass and SiO ₂ : 30% by mass, and has a thickness of 40 mm. The outside of the atmosphere gas seal shell 12 is an air layer.

  The furnace height below the pass line of the steel strip of the induction heating device is 150 mm, the furnace height above the pass line is 50 mm, and the needle bar is 100 mm high. The height of the belt transport roll was lowered by 100 mm.

The composition of the ambient gas around the steel strip 1 is H ₂ : 75 vol% (in terms of dry gas), the dew point is 66 ° C., the balance is an inert gas, and the temperature of the ambient gas is 840 ° C.

  Objects to be heated are: Si: 3.3% by mass, C: 0.06% by mass, acid-soluble Al: 0.028% by mass, N: 0.008% by mass, Mn: 0.1% by mass, S: 0 After heating a slab containing 0.008% by mass, Cr: 0.1% by mass, and P: 0.03% by mass at a temperature of 1150 ° C., it is hot-rolled to a thickness of 2.3 mm to form a steel strip coil. The steel sheet is subjected to two-stage annealing at an annealing temperature of 1120 ° C. and 920 ° C. and further cold-rolled to a plate thickness of 0.22 mm.

  Under such conditions, after needling, a steel plate was passed, and the induction heating coil was pressurized against the steel strip 1 at a frequency of 480 kHz, an output of 800 kW, and a potential of 16 kV relative to the potential of the steel strip 1. The target temperature of the steel sheet on the entry side of the induction heating furnace is 500 ° C., and the target temperature on the exit side is 720 ° C.

  The needling is performed without any problem without contacting the furnace wall, and during the heat treatment of the steel sheet, no discharge occurs between the induction heating coil and the temperature of the steel sheet at the entrance side of the induction heating furnace is 498 ° C. A steel plate temperature of 725 ° C. was obtained.

(Example 2)
Using the same furnace as in Example 1, SUS430 was passed through under the following conditions.

The composition of the ambient gas around the steel strip 1 is H ₂ : 100 vol% (in terms of dry gas), the dew point is −60 ° C., and the temperature of the ambient gas is 950 ° C.

  The object to be heated is C: 0.005% by mass, Si: 0.1% by mass, Mn: 0.1%, Cr: 15% by mass, P: 0.02% by mass, S: 0.01% by mass, N: After heating a slab containing 0.01% by mass at a temperature of 1200 ° C., it is hot-rolled to a thickness of 5.0 mm to form a steel strip coil, and then annealed at an annealing temperature of 900 ° C. It is a steel sheet cold-rolled to a thickness of 2 mm.

  Under such conditions, after needling, a steel plate was passed, and the induction heating coil was pressurized against the steel strip 1 at a frequency of 400 kHz, an output of 1000 kW, and a potential of 10 kV with respect to the steel strip 1 potential. The target temperature of the steel sheet on the inlet side of the induction heating furnace is 530 ° C., and the target temperature on the outlet side is 800 ° C.

  The needling is performed without any problem without contacting the furnace wall, and during the heat treatment of the steel sheet, no discharge occurs between the induction heating coil, the temperature of the steel sheet on the inlet side of the induction furnace is 540 ° C., and the outlet side is heated. A steel plate temperature of 805 ° C. was obtained.

(Example 3)
In Table 1, a furnace having the same configuration as that of Example 1 was used, and the furnace height below the pass line of the steel strip of the induction heating apparatus, the furnace height above the pass line, and induction with respect to the steel strip. The test result which changed the electric potential of a heating coil and confirmed the temperature of the steel plate of the induction heating furnace exit side, and the presence or absence of discharge is shown.

  Objects to be heated are: Si: 3.3% by mass, C: 0.06% by mass, acid-soluble Al: 0.028% by mass, N: 0.008% by mass, Mn: 0.1% by mass, S: 0 After heating a slab containing 0.008% by mass, Cr: 0.1% by mass, and P: 0.03% by mass at a temperature of 1150 ° C., it is hot-rolled to a thickness of 2.3 mm to form a steel strip coil. The steel sheet is subjected to two-stage annealing at an annealing temperature of 1120 ° C. and 920 ° C. and further cold-rolled to a plate thickness of 0.22 mm.

The composition of the ambient gas around the steel strip 1 is H ₂ : 75 vol% (in terms of dry gas), the dew point is 66 ° C., the balance is an inert gas, and the temperature of the ambient gas is 840 ° C.

  Under such conditions, a steel plate was passed, and the frequency of the induction heating coil was set to 480 kHz. The target temperature of the steel sheet on the entry side of the steel sheet induction heating furnace is 500 ° C., and the target temperature on the exit side is 720 ° C.

  No. of the example of the present invention. At 1 (height in the furnace: 200 mm), no discharge occurred at an applied voltage of 16 kV with respect to the steel plate, and the outlet side plate temperature of the induction heating furnace achieved the attainment target.

  Comparative Example No. In 1 (the height in the furnace 300 mm), an applied voltage to the steel plate was 16 kV and no discharge occurred, but the necessary heating of the steel plate could not be obtained.

  Furthermore, No. of the comparative example. In 2 (height in the furnace 300 mm), an applied voltage of 22 kV to the steel sheet caused a discharge between the coil and the steel sheet, leading to a ground fault in the power source and not heating the steel sheet.

It is a figure which shows typically one Example of the horizontal continuous induction heating furnace of the steel strip by this invention in the longitudinal cross-section of a steel strip conveyance direction. (A) shows the state by which the steel strip is heat-processed, (b-1)-(b-4) shows the one aspect | mode of the needling of a steel strip. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the furnace wall structure of the induction heating furnace shown in FIG. 1 with the longitudinal cross-section of a steel strip conveyance direction. It is a figure which shows typically the raising / lowering mechanism of the roll for steel strip conveyance shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows typically an example which has an induction heating furnace according to the horizontal continuous heating furnace of the conventional steel strip in the longitudinal cross-section of a steel strip conveyance direction. (A) shows the state by which the steel strip is heat-processed, (b) shows the one aspect | mode of the needling of a steel strip. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the furnace wall structure of the induction heating furnace shown in FIG. 4 with the longitudinal cross-section of a steel strip conveyance direction.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Steel strip 2 Gas heating furnace 3 Solenoid type induction heating device 4 Electric heating and soaking furnace 5 Steel strip transport roll (no lifting function)
6 Steel strip transport roll (with lifting function)
7 Needle bar 11 Induction heating coil 12 Atmospheric gas seal shell 13 Insulating heat insulating material 21 Lifting cylinder 22 Ball joint 23 Drive source 24 Heat insulating material 25 Furnace shell 26 Connecting shaft to drive source

Claims (8)

A horizontal continuous induction heating furnace that heats a steel strip as a material to be heated with a solenoid induction heating device while continuously transporting the steel strip with a roll for transporting the steel strip,
In a region longer than the length of the needle bar used when passing the tip of the steel plate, the steel plate passing roll before and after the solenoid induction heating device is given a lifting function,
When the needle bar is passed, contact between the needle bar and the upper inner wall surface in the solenoid type induction heating device is avoided, and when the steel strip is passed, contact between the steel band and the lower inner wall surface is avoided. A horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for steel strips.   The horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for steel strip according to claim 1, wherein a distance from an upper inner wall surface to a lower inner wall surface, which is a furnace inner space of the solenoid induction heating device, is 250 mm or less.   The steel strip according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a gas heating zone or an electric heating heating / soaking zone is disposed on the downstream side and / or the upstream side of the solenoid induction heating device. Horizontal continuous induction heating furnace.   The horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for steel strip according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an oscillation frequency of the solenoid induction heating device is 10 kHz or more and an output is 100 kW or more.   The horizontal continuous induction heating furnace for steel strip according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a potential of the solenoid induction heating device with respect to a steel plate is 5 kV or more.   When the steel strip is heat-treated using the horizontal continuous induction heating furnace of the steel strip according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the atmosphere gas temperature is set to 750 ° C or more, and the horizontal shape of the steel strip Continuous heat treatment method.   The horizontal continuous heat treatment method for a steel strip according to claim 6, wherein the steel strip is a cold-rolled grain-oriented electrical steel sheet containing Si ≦ 4.5 mass%.   The horizontal continuous heat treatment method for a steel strip according to claim 6, wherein the steel strip is a cold-rolled ferritic stainless steel plate or a martensitic stainless steel plate containing Cr≤18% by mass.

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